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There's a video clip worth seeing - the essential bit is a few seconds

last year
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Maybe you've heard of this incident at an indoor track meet in Virginia.

A runner was struck in the head with another's relay baton. The 18-year-old competitor whose baton did the hitting was later interviewed. In it, she said that during the meet, her "arm got stuck". Adding, " 'I would never do that on purpose. That's not in my character,' "

I don't know what kind of dodo doesn't realize that most all competitions of all kinds are videoed by a large percentage of spectators. Also, something like relay races are always videoed because various rules need to be respected, and videos are used to check for possible violations. Disqualifications are not unusual.

So anyway, many videos of this incident can be found online. The pertinent part shows the runners rounding a curve. A runner in an inside lane, seeing that another is about to pass her on the outside, winds up and cracks the faster one on the back of the head. She winds up again to strike a second time but the victim crosses in front of her to get to the infield of the track and out of the running lanes.

Truth trumps fiction. Forget that people are supposed to learn and practice sportsmanship and respect for others when competing in sports.

I find such incidents very disappointing. How about you?


(Edit to add - I just realized there's a very short segment of a sentence above, unintended, that's reminiscent of the book title "Eats, shoots and leaves.)

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